Don't cry over spilled milk

Meaning: Don't worry about things that have already happened.

Origin: English proverb from the 17th century.

Translations

• French: Ce qui est fait est fait (literally: What is done is done)
• Spanish: A lo hecho, pecho (literally: To what is done, chest)
• Japanese: 覆水盆に返らず (Fukusui bon ni kaerazu) (literally: Spilled water doesn't return to the basin)

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